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However, no formal complaint has been filed in the case yet. This year in August, a class eight student in Andhra Pradesh, who was allegedly mercilessly beaten up by his teacher, died while undergoing treatment. He was allegedly beaten up by his teacher for not doing his homework. In 2010, a 13-year-old boy committed suicide after he was allegedly caned at his school in Kolkata. The practice has been banned by the Supreme Court in 2000 and was further ratified by The Right Of Children To Free And Compulsory Education Act in 2009.